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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-06-02

u, HERBERT J.. BAKER.
Ted was our devil,
IN impi-h pranks. with any
lie held his level
TN me played many.
Fins he put in Sc editors chair
Dnuled up with ink his pct dogs hair,
of, made the printer, loudly swear.
Did Ted.
With dirty face and cracked nose.
Inkrmpt hair and ragged clothes.
liz. WAS the cause al al our WOES,
We said.
omr day ON my head
\ W., sponge he thi"w;
Then out The door b. fled,
~ after ii.w.
Wa. mad, We'll. y"u can Just bet
uft had suffered and oft mace threat;
hut now | determined that boy should
swcat,
pr dir, .
4 spnurr flied with ink and :, cllrc,
So stool that when h., opened II crack
Ia the door. ! could bit kcr-sm;sk
His eye.
With hand uprai-r,i. Istnod there intent,
Waiting chance my anger To VENT
When happened for Inc II sad a"cident
Instead.
A, opened the door NY charge throw
straight To the mark my aim too true
Twas th.,ditor'- wil.a coming through
TIL
The ,,vory mess struck her hrycS nnsc.
The slime aud ink ran down her in
iclutht-
ocr -ikcn gown to Fcnch slipprrcd toes
All me
What could do, What couli say
You impi,slem, chap you will get l"urpa.
And soor. discharged shall You he-t"-'lay
S,,i she
She r,n the shop. - the editor meek
Said nrsln wait the end 81 the week.
l,ui at once "A healthier climate SEEK.
sought
Tn hast ! -,w al that rascal Ted,
u. I"'.krd round y rornrr, wagsins n
lhra,
With iriunphan, ~h"ut YOU can ruc'
what ,ii
And thought.
u had got - ri,ance
Vt Eis >atanrr highneSS,
Wnulom'i have made him dance
Will. bet = rri,yc our tlryncsS.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-06-02

S,,.. Is. That all male persons m
this territory who are now, or who
may hereafter be engaged in the laun
dry business. shall pay license oil 80
per quarter.
sec. Is. Every stag or express
company or Incorporation, whose re
ccipts aggregate $500 or more per
quarter. engaged in carrying passep
- ,r ,.x,,ress matter. shall
procure n license. and shall pay I"
each and every county into or through
which their line may extend Tor ear'
and every line the SUM OF 81" PEI
quarter
Seq. 20. License, may be granted
under the provisions at TINS art iof
one wear or less nj the option OF the
appiicant; provided. that no Iccns'
shall he granted for less time than
one quarter.
sec. -. For the purpose oi cnior''-
ing the proviSi ms .. y = act, ana to
preycut the evasion ri the same, an
property Of any kind held or used III
any of the trades. occupations or pro
iessionS for which u license IL require:
by the provisions of this act, shall 10.
/ liable for said license. and sad licens.
is hereby made lien on all such pro
pcrty. which lien shall have eprecedence
of any other lien. claim or deinand.
and il any person or person, shall IAN
or refuse to procur. the license re
uuir,d bv this act before the tritnsic-
tiou of ti,,.-i,,t-ineSs specified. " <ha''
he the duty of the treasurer oi III"
county to seize any of the property
upou which n lien Is hereby created. ar
any other property belonging Z" >'"'h
p.r-ou or persons, and sell the shnrr
In the manner provided Tor sheriii> ON
execution. to satisfy said llcrnS ana
costs. or >ahi tr'it>ufei M.
,i,c Tor and collect sad liccn>" ant
cost bN attachment. garni-hnion' or
otherwise.
/, Sec. 26. ANY person or persons VINO
/ shall transa,'t amy business, trade "'
occ,rpation or profession for which i
!. license is required 10y this act without
first obtaining the same shhii u,
deemed guilty oi "A nlisdclinin"f' ah
uuou conviction before any court haN
I inr co,n,r,ent jurisdiction. h' fined "
:, any sum not less than $40 nor nior'
:. than 800.
:, see. 2S For the purpose oi a>'rr
/, tanning the population "i amy t"w',
!. city or village. Ia secure proper '"i
lection oi the license taxes herein pr"
A Xidc,i. the treasurer shall multiply IN
whole number oi votes east ~ IN
las, irace,.ing general el"ti"n ~
n three. and the sum thus aS'"f'iiir'
" shall H.. the poprlation oi said town
- city or villae,. for the purpose oi ti,i
, act.
H. Th. act shall take elect AMI l',' .
force from and after July ls'. $50
II Approved March lotli. lSs'.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-06-02
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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-06-02
NEWS ITEMS.

Trader, report SMALLPOX ra.ing
along lie upper haukSoi the Amazon.
i. .lo-rlh IL son merchants Oi l'ir-
mln.han England. have faded. LA
bilitic~ SJoo.'h"
claus ~pr.rhlc>. the California mil
!ionairr and sugar king with lis vile
aud daughter. sailed on the Z'in TO-
Europe.
~. London STANDARD ,i the 2otn
inst says dispatches state that VIII
lam OHricn will not accept II ~rai III
parliament for northeast Cork.
The board oi regents of the Grant
Memorial university. on the 2dih.
unanimously conferred the degree OF
Doctor oi Laws upon trorgr W.
thlhi~.
pnIna.in. forest Tires are reported
from Michigan. \ large amount oi
timber lumber and har'iwood was
DESTROYED last week hut 40 lives lo-t
~ lar ~ heard from.
Gen. khram u. Durycn. the oil
/ou.Nr ronmai,l,r. Ml~ ~tflken down
by paralySi, on the 9th uit. Hts
mind was not affected. and the >hnh
l., not rNp,rtcd to prove fatal.
Il j. in,imatcd that Maxwell. the
murderer oi pr.ll-r. Who has been sen
tru,a.i to he han.rh. i quite as likely
to lie of old as, in the -. Louis prison
~ hr i, to sulIrr the penalty Tor hir
crime.
The government al CHINA has given
a thirty Nrars monopoly oi the tele
pl,on. business TO IN American ~yndi
cate. ,i,i,,n will soon be able To tax,
hiuh rank anluu. the civilized nation
ui the earth.
The Wyoiuii...mttlc king, appear f.
h,. willing that United STATES troop
shall null donn their ha'hr.l wir'
fence, which wcrcbuili around Govern
mrnt hands. Tine job viii hr dom
without costin. chem a cent.
Wall street mrn have a hobby fo
~ 600 watches. They have onr Tia
ior the tim. oi day. and Tour ,nal
dialS 10 indicate the day ni the wrrr.
the day of the month. the month a
. the year and the uuaricr"f the moon
\ TINY gon. sounds ilr hours an'
. hall hours.
Tie British Hosiery CO.. ui l.hpd
Island. has posted "a nuti""oi thr pro
liability oi the reduction 80 hnii II
. present ior,,, or possibly a shut down
The conrrru imported i.- plant an
operatil,S in ~ I to work under IA
advantages al - protective tariii
Advirr- from Panama say Ia nIi" G
tin. largest eat 81 tiecanul water ha
been -trurk TIE amount of cart
aud rocks tahen ptt oi the -rrtlon II
ierr~i To cost h,i,li0il~ oi doilnrS, n
.uf which il rendered valuclc-s. "s IA
the WAITER has washed from the side {
the mountain mprr uart than /, IL
ii,icul to- .iii al he ci.is
The ,uit oi Edoard Austin ~. II
>,l, Lake Tribune Printing to'nplnl
claiming SO .,nn for libel. ended %
May 9th. Tn" Jury returned NJ
diet ui no r;tiIe, al action. 1nc pi'
lication oi ov,i u year ago. riar-lI
rml.zzlcment and breach al tru-
was considered 10y the lurl ;Ulir e
'' tahli-hri 10y 'h' rNiielic".
Special ,gent Ph.uiN ha~ rrp"rt'
Ia ihr treasury apartment that u
II the ,irarticc at saudi Sic Marl" Niri
10 allow large quantities al m"irlia
di- brought thcr. lay Canadian sea-
cl-.. and in;e'ti,1 fuT hchvort on II
Canadian side ri the river. 20
landed and ai,arnJrd transported
10. canada hy Ferry without ha,lnshn
q the reInircd entry. Assistant -f''''
tnrv Nlynnr! lt~ nii't'u q" th' 20
l,stnr nf customs u'rrrfi Z ht. FL
f!,ir praciit, va H' 1'-Ht =.
>rorr~'
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-06-02

surgeon General Hamilton. of the
marine hospital service. says that
although yellow fever exists at Key
West. Fla, the situation Is not sum,
ciently grave to demand governmental
Interference The health officers "a:
Key West. he says, are fully able to
prevent the disease spreading.
Civil Service Commissioner Lyman.
who has lust returned to Washingi ON
from n tour of examination in New
England, saws that of sixty persons
examined. twenty were college gradia-
ties. Examiner Flint. who has Just ar
rived from the west. had only one APP
plicant in Utah. and he ~ United
States soldier.
According to arrangements the
President left Washington, Tuesday
evening. MAY 1tth. in u special car ol
the Pennevlvania road and proceeded
direct to Saranac lake. IN the Adiron
dacks. making only the necessary
stops on the route. lie was accom-
panied by Mrs. Cleveland aud Col
| Lamont. and expects to return t'
! Washington in two weeks.
W. u. Lewis. late president al th
/ Colorado Cattle Assn. wa, arreste,
at san Angelo. last week, charged viii
obtaining money under false preteilse
from the National Exchange bank q
Dallas. The bank claims that Lew
obtained SlO.Oo0 on Il deed of trtis
for = 900 head OF cattle. when dillsen
search brought To light only y"
head.
The Great Britain government min
i hard at work on the new coinage
be ISSUED June -. \ fine profile {
the elderly queen. modelled hN NJ
Boehn. will he used with Naryn
crowns. for several coins. of the'
the most interesting will be nov
double lorin. or four-shllIing piece, Z
the size and practical value "f II
American silver dollar. aud cont
mental iive-franc piece. some peop
are disposed tn regard this as n I'm
in the direction of bimrtalism.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-06-02

We congratulate the President ANA
his young wife upon the fortunate ar
rival of Il national baby. As soon as
the news was received at Anniston AMI
made public the loronot lives here cele-
hratcd the ausi,icious event with I'M
usual whistles. the great blast furnaces
sent M screams of rejoicing and their
tunnels spouted flames. painting tia"
dark background of sky and hillside
UNANIMOUSLY rel. The fires on Blue
mountain fired Volc;,uically. and the
ladies at the Inn expressed their con
rratuIations in mclodious chorus.
The President : isarriagedid - srra
deal To win the confidence oi thc rco-
pie. the arrival nj the blessed baby
make his denomination IA CERTAIN a.
anythingcan bc IN this world of change.
\ little child shall head the politicians
captA more certainly than II li"st 81
old war horses. Every man who has
"a wife and child j. now for Cleveland
The Hot Blast sends its distinguished
congratulations. How would Ma
hanna do for the little ones name
Annissou Ala. Hot Blast.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-10-08

Because il is vicious. indecent, i'm
mora. disgusting, brazva ''t'ood7
gracious. never detected any e those
things " hen | saw il Possibly not
| have never seen IT. therefore speak
vita confidence, Pdst4ae. lstI C1.t.
NJ wonder the government i going
- >p...d 81. .Ooo 600 for coast defense.
Two American base ball clubs are
threatening to play IN England and
Germany this summer. Say, can't We
compromise this thing without any use
less e.tuslon of blood The boy, Viii
20 oreI- there aud persuade Lord Ran
dolph Churchill or Prince Bismarck IL
act a. umpire, and then = ''--bar-
lett.
Riches take unto themselves wings
and .ly away, said the teacher: .'w hat
kind .: riches Is meant And tine
smart bad boy at the foot Of the class
said he ''rtckoned they must be os;-
riches And the only sound that
broke The ensuing silence was the
Sound that real smart bad boy makes
when, without saying 50 IN just 50 many
''t>','t ~ '9NN n ~ N't4' '.>' ''NA'''t-
does couyey-the impression that Ac :
III great pain. .-Enrtl,tte.
These strikers are all alike, said
BluAdetbore; my daughter was read
4 ing last night about one of them.
lMark y Bozzaris was his name; eHI-
IDENTITY Of Irish extraction. Well, this
: fellow made 4 speech TO his district As
sembly, and called upon his knightls
! companions tY strike to the death, anc
wound up by telling them to strike toI
! their native land. They merely ~Antee
the earth, YOU know; they dldn' care
! a copper whether it was fenced III o
not. ~ Boston Transcript.
Merchant Ito applicant for job)-
Do You know anything about figures
Uncle kastus? Uncle Rastus-Iea
sab Mcrchant-W ell, if were /,
lend you 50, and YOU promised to pa
ME 81 each month, how much woul
I you owe me at the expiration Of thre
month-3 Uncle Rastus-Fl doIlahs
sab. Merchant-l III afraid YOU don
know much about figures. Cncie Ras
tus-No, sab, buSI specs | knows a
bout Uncle Rastus. s.-Aeto YORK. sun.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-10-08
An .Aristocrat .astray.

Glass distinctions are wholly ignored
or are unknown To the average Ameli-
,an citizen of the buckwoods. This
was illustrated in the pithily narrated
circumstance bv judge Iillmau of the
Duke of Sutherland'z encounter With,
what To him, must have been a vcrlta-
ble rura avis the hack driver from
Manatce to Sara Sofa.
The Ducal party. leaving the Yacht
at Tampa and going To Manatee on the
steamer Margaret, took hacks at the
Town of Manatee for sara Sofa. The
Jehu of one vehicle was Il keutuckiAn.
who was a >imon-pIrr cracker, unsur-
passed by the Florida cracker i'll his
native wilds.
As they droye slowly along the sandy
road the driver WaNcd communicative
and singled out his Grace a the ob-
iect Of his attention and patronage, al
WAYS addressing him rs Mr.. Duke. >
As the day wore on and Jehu felt that
Duke was a kindred spirit from ''furren
parts and fur back. he grew CON
! fidential and familiar calling the Duke
I IN a jocuiar manner Capt Duke"
I The Dukegood-naturedly responded to
his drivers comments in a diguificd
i way, showing by neither glance or
word that he thought him too familiar
upon short acquaintance, even when
the large. sun-browned hand was laid
patronizingty upon his shoulder, ~ he
was tapped familiarly on the lack or
punched in the ribs to have his august
attention directed 70 some TRIVIAL cir
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-10-08
Fun in a Drug Store.

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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-10-08

The tret time | saw them they We're
both in tile window
Clari--ma was leaning her arms
upon the sill and gazing upward at y
flock Of >parrows quarrclug and chat
tering on the opposite hou>e-tops
She lookede. like one Of RaphaeI's 5
cheruD, with her thatch of hair and
Italian eyes. finger on her lip. Her
dress. which was white and flowing,
with t scarlet band about it. was
claopcd n the throat with a cleaning
curio. There were tiny ornaments in
her ears which twinkled and danced
"a she turned her head
Antonio stood behind her with ewes
turned above and beyond the spar
rows. His expression. as | made it
out, was that of Il man who had for
ever settled the most vital question Of
his lie, and henceforth deals in no
secondary ones. \ pale. face, cut
clear a a cameo, with proud, acqui-
esccnt mouth.
was long in making their acquaint-
ance, for they seemed content to live
apart, although Clarissima had nod
ded To me in a friendly manner more
than once.
One afternoon when she appeared at
her fayoritc haunt III the window and
| had seen Antonio. whom | somewhat
feared, 20 down the street with his
shetch-book under his arm | seized a
pot Of primro>es from my balcony, as
a Precipitation, and ran across.
She !Ntd seen me coming and adj
mitted NE herself with a half-shy,
half-happy courtesy, a'beautfnl fan OF
scarIe, plume- in her hand.
The room which | entered was one
Of three in direct communication, but
separated by hangings of antique silk
pushed far along the rods. Ia utter Il
CRY Of admiration was inevitable all
was 50 beautiful, 50 full Of individual
life. ! had known that Antonio was
an artist, and successful one. but
the work that surrounded me exceeded
my widest surmi>es.
The face of an angel confronted
me, hung agAinstca a velvet panel of
some oriental blue. Never. heaven
knows, could such countenanee
have found is home Oh earth. y copy
of Dante and a few vioIets lay on the
couch beneath lit, from the runpled
cushions of which Antonio had lately
risen.
Between the windows hung a paint
ing il oil, 1t seemed to me, At first,
merely a:roseate sky rutfllng III little
waves II pink toward the west But
sudde"tl discovered a river rushing
Through a desert country, Ell the
river took the color Of the SKY. There
was not tree. nor shrub. nGr living
creature in the sceue-only that mar
velous glow in wave and clu]}t. On
either side Of it were wat"r-colurs
Of pink flowers. one azalras. y" other
a foreign plant unknown t. ne. |
became suddenly aware lnd@'' that
this same pale flush pervade1 =. the
room. changing in effect, for i was
not a monotone.
On \ table at my hand lay half
finished sketch OF pAnsles, SOFT per
feet things. with = purple d5i-t upon
them. Inyoluntarily | turned from
them t. The angelic face upon the
wall. and Caris-ima said. SIMPLY
Those are the Lady Roses eyes.
When Antonio has finished them he
Will hang them there beside the ar
,butus in the corner. which - h"t
smile. She was fond Of pink I "a-
her fayorite culor--and Antonio has
mustered all the shades NJ "f"theI
loved in vain, She c"nun"".}, afA-
rks Ia
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-10-08

AaIT.
tIarlsslma paused for q 'suom-nt.
looked al me que,t.onlu-Iy and then
went Oh.
She Was great singer. buf Il was
humiflatloIf - -ee Antonio follow in
her footsteps, from Ita.} 10 France,
from ST Peters burg to tn Nile. like a
patient slave. and Antoine of 80 l4onl,.
a family H suffered he anguish #
purgatory for her And ~ III,
some women are ln.su>ttor>' some
times She sang for ~eeh~ in I'll, same
city. and then h" wa III paradise. H.
sent her flowers. ~stch Iovek flower
Not great bouquets, or vulgar fa~A,t-. Z
voted love alone could procure. And
"llilr Size >tHl sang on, >mlilh1 Hppn
hIm like spirit from the heavenly
""fId She h"Id them III h"r hstnd,
She pressed them Lightly - hci. breast,
she buried her lH', ia Their bloom
1t = curious what llEe~ prepIc can
I'VE together VII" never meet. An
tom" III his boy. the Lady to~r."n the
stage they experienced all that hu-
man hearts can mean Antonio did.
ne Lady Rose had h-ltlel heart nor
alton. Il vision, Antonio said. II loNe
and song.
AT last She came 10 America, and
for Il time We lost her. 1t i hard 10
pursue III "A country vast Il this.
She allurrd u, and then eludrd IL;
! had gone, or failed to keep hcr ,al-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-10-08
v IT AND HI NOR.

'' 4a''ee ~ - .l1'-' it'"i '!eo
IRON. = s'N"lt aihhef1 " a 'he dinner
an 'ts'','l'tse All husband Eiaoo-
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- +" ''4h saN> lhTEt : no re-
'""'"' : al'eF uea1h, Ley hifn' 'heFe-
i'I'- .'''''" l,te 'tt'ule piad"i'il ere
=, ny Wy "ae ho
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/ y mon '.''''i - 'iia' o'il ,t''eN
/ ~''''''*'. '''sIn ~, ''I'"-h I" 9iiP" Oh 'lie
! l''.'l'.'".- l' ooje'' no" appears y
/ ~ - '''..N' 1t - i'i enough Al me 'oP
80 SIM a." 4 .o'i~lueFa',fs Por''oh o'
'h' "1@!rF. .-'"/|tsIo@f| Atf"4.
~ ,..' opera can explain the
Sh!''> = ih'l singer. >tll!'r sdn
- -. slh7o lnT"u9h h'l h"et illoal
ad'''.' ''~th, lefhaps tla' IS lie
I'3~'" WY every one i waving d
ha""hs.'th''l al hef. f|eh'th + f"I.
When lou See something in vim
d"" t4ti cannot y any possibility be
"l a. "o' on any "odl h9dft' that
can .'"'F any 'hll9 warm of III any
"n''S' 800 l''H MIC" II = porllon "i
"".lhll '"o'"iiit- -'2"t HdhttSto
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-10-08

Ca,T9~aja has 1000 w.ne-- .owers.
AMI Z: -sls: ty.4p5 acre, aro I.4nted
III giaes IaI. represents All invest
mea. q; So. coo. .0u0, aLd gives en-
ployo.rnt OF support - l5v vyV per-
sons.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-10-08

On" .ee- a. home.
! he charmed circle broken-a dear fac..
" " ls7ed ia! y day :rp1 u acc,I- tofi4.,, place
But cleaa-cd ana saved ana r-r+..l.,I -,
grace y
The Washington critic., 1887-12-14
A NEM MENlCAN LOAN.

y There is no way that We are aware of
To prevent Mexico from borrowing S50,-
100000 in France or Germany any more
than there is TO inhibit q French COM
pany from digging canal across the
American lsthmus of Panama. Yet it
were better for the United States, per-
haps, were Mexico TO fail in the pro-
posed negotiation.
So long rs foreign creditors hold a
mortgage ON any portion of the conti-
ncnt between the Rio Grande and the
lsthmus, the enforcement Of the Mon
roe doctrine remains liable to disagreea-
BILE distractions.
Tho foreign occupation, seizure or
purchase of Mexican or Central Ameri.
can States would furnish direct and
tangible issue Tor contention. Not so
the making of foreign loans to those
The Washington critic., 1887-12-14
WASHINGTON, DEC. II, 1887.
WINGS THAT FLAP APART.

There are obviously some difficulties
to be rcconclcd in Alabama before the
tariff wings of the Democratic party can
be made to flap together.
The Montgomery Advertiser, speaking
Of the Presidents Message, says that his
'squarc-cut declarations are bearing
fruit and will solidify the Democratic
party"
Quite upon the other hand the Bir-
mingham Age, which claims that the
''mines and furnaces" of Alabama have
made her the "banner State of the South"
is of this opinion:
\ A Presidential doctrine TINT would make pau
pers Of our workingmcn, and place our railroad
iroightcd iron In AN unequal competition with
that taken over from England rs ballast, without
tho expense Of u penny. cannot meet with any
approval III Alabama, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
other States. There can bc no straddllng now.
Tho Issue Is made and We accept IT.. II will be IL
hard and a costly tight. It is disruption of
both parties, and may lead to political rovul.
sion In the country's history.
} Again:
Nothing, since Hayes was counted IN. has
ticklcd the Republicans as much US Clcvcands
Message.
Well, well, well. What are we protection
Democrats going TO do about II! What can
we dos
What, but to defeat him in Congress and to de-
feat him In the National Convention.
1t is plain that one or the other of
these prognostcators is in the wrong.
a policy that is calculated to "solidify
the Democratic party" is certainly not
calculated to disrupt" both parties.
But there is more or less generalization
in these terms. The path of safety lies
between the solidifying and the disrupt
ing processes that, il taken at the start,
will lead the Democratic party on to
fortune; otherwise, not.
1t needs no other solidification than
will be found in wise obedience to the
doctrines Of its Chicago platform. If
this means anything, it means that in
the great and desirable work of tariff re-
vision it shall not lose sight of the prin-
ciple of protection-not in the sense of
favoritism to "pampered monopolies,"
but of justice to the interests of Amer
lean labor.